 | English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...the evening sky, is really surprising, — an idea of which is not unaptly given in these lines : " The moon on the East oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely (tone By foliaged tracery combin'd ; Thou would'st have thought lome Fairy's hand Twist poplars straight,... | |
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...the projections from which the arches spring, usually cut in a {antastk face, or wask. XI. The XI. The -moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, liad twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, Дnd... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 334 pages
...thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XL The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And... | |
 | 1806 - 502 pages
...view of the abbey. A Gothic cathedral, with its painted windows, never looked better in song. XI. • The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...thine, dark Knight of Liddesdale ! O fading honours of the dead ! O high ambition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts...combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twjxt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 254 pages
...thine, dark knight of Liddesdale ' O fading honours of the dead! O high amhition, lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged traeery eomhined ; * Corhell•, the projeetions from jvhieh the .spring, usual! f eut in a fantastie... | |
 | Walter Scott - Clans - 1811 - 310 pages
...lowly laid ! XI. The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foilaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; * Cordelia, the projections from which the arches... | |
 | Walter Scott (sir).) - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1814 - 592 pages
...Lay of the Last Minstrel, gives a most perfect idea of it: " The moon on the east oriel shone Thro" slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand In many a freakish knot, had twined, Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed... | |
 | Joshua E. White - England - 1816 - 382 pages
...had I been standing under this part of the high-vaulted roof. Such is the description by Scott: — " The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone; By foliage tracery combined, Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand., 'Twist poplars straight, the... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...book, lying on his breast in his grave — it is most unhappily out of time and place. " The moon in the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely...combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "I" \vi\t poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell,... | |
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The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell, when the... 
